Something else you won't see on any NASCAR sites.  I am trying to find pictures of the different makes and models of cars that have raced in the CUP series.  A few models were raced, then not raced, then make a comeback. I've listed both if that is the case. Below is what I have been able to find
Info shows year, make and model of car pictured, driver of car, and years it was raced.
SO FAR I haven't been able to find any pictures of: Alfa Romeo; Austin Healey Sprite; Chrysler DeSoto; Plymouth Savoy; Buick Gran Sport; Buick Somerset; Chevrolet Baretta; Pontiac Tempest; MG-T Type; MG-MGA; Porsche 356; Triumph; Volkswagon and Willys.... but I'm looking 

1949 Oldsmobile Rocket - Buck Baker - 1950's

1950 AMC Nash Ambassador- Louise Smith - raced early 1950's

1950Studebaker - Frank Mundy - raced 1950-1952

1950 Cadillac - Bill Blair (#2) raced in 1950

1950 Ford - Jimmy Florian - raced in early 1950's

1950 Tucker - Joe Merola - raced 1950 - check out the third headlight in the middle of the hood.  On a street car this headlight swiveled and pointed in whichever direction the front wheels turned.  Very few of these were ever produced.  Awesome car.

1951 Hudson Hornet - Marshall Teague - raced early 1950's by several NASCAR stars

1953 Lincoln - Tom Cherry drove this car in the 1953 Daytona Beach race

1953 Packard - raced 1950-1956

1953Kaizer-Frazier Henry J - Jack McClure - raced 1946-1954

1953 Oldsmobile 88 - Dick Passwater - raced from1949-1960

1954Jaguar XK120 - Al Keller - 1953-1956 - This car and driver was the first foreign made car to win in NASCAR

1955 Chevy Convertable - Bob Welborn - 1955-1957 - Notice how teams had already discovered how aerodynamics effected the cars and placed a solid surface over the passenger and rear seat area.

1955 Corvette Convertable - Pee Wee Jones - This was raced once in 1955

1956 Chrysler 300 - Tim Flock - raced 1954-1956

1956 Mercury Monterey - Billy Myers - raced 1950's - 1962

1957 Oldsmobile - Richard Petty - 1949-1960

1957 Pontiac - Cotton Owens - raced late 1950's

1957 Chevy Bel Aire - Buck Baker raced 1955-1958

1957 Ford Fairlane - "Fearless" Frank Thompson - raced 1955-1959

1957 Ford Convertable - Fireball Roberts - raced 1957-1959

1957 Mercury - Billy Myers - raced1957-1959

Here we see two makes.  #49 is Bob Welborn wheeling a 1957 Chevy while Lee Petty drives the 1957 Oldsmobile

Here's a better look at a 1957 Oldsmobile - driven by Richard Petty.

1958 Chevy Convertable - Buck Baker - raced 1958-1959

1958 Ford - Wilber Rakeshaw - raced1958-1959

1958 Pontiac Chieftain - Cotton Owens -  raced1958-1959

1958 Edsel - Sal Tovella - ran in 1959 only

1959 Chevy - Rex White -ran in 1959

1959 Ford Thunderbird - Bob Burdick - ran in1959

1960 Ford Galaxie Starliner - Larry Frank - raced 1960-1966

1960 Plymouth Fury - Richard Petty - 1960

1960 Ford Thunderbird - Johnny Beauchamp - raced1960

1962 Ford - Cale Yarborough - this is the last of the Convertable pictures.  NASCAR only raced the convertable series 1956-1959; however Darlinton Speedway raced them through 1962

1962 Pontiac Catalina - Fireball Roberts - raced 1959-1963

1962 Ford Galaxie - David Stricklin - raced 1960-1966

1962 Pontiac - Joe Weatherly

1963 Chevrolet Impala - Junior Johnson

1963 Mercury Marauder - Parnelli Jones - raced 1963-1966

1967 Chevrolet Chevelle - Smokey Yunick -raced 1964-1980

1965 Dodge Coronet - James Hylton - raced1965-1968 

1966 Pontiac GTO - Roy Tyner

1964 Plymouth Belevedere - Richard Petty raced 1959-1967

1967 Ford Fairlane - "Fast Freddie" Lorenzen -raced 1966-1968

1968 Mercury Cyclone - Cale Yarborough - raced 1966-1980

1968 Dodge Charger - Buddy Baker - raced 1966-1977

1969 Ford Talladega - Bobby Isaac - raced 1968-1977

1970 Ford Torino - Donnie Allison - raced 1968-1977

1969 Mercury Comet - Hoss Ellington - raced 1969-1970

1970 Plymouth SuperBird - Dick Brooks - raced 1969-1970
After 1970 NASCAR outlawed the Daytons and SuperBirds

1970 Dodge Daytona - Dave Marcis raced 1969-1970

1971 Plymouth Road Runner - Richard Petty - raced 1968-1974

1974 Chevrolet Malibu - Cale Yarborough - raced 1964-1980

1974 Dodge Charger - Richard Petty - raced 1966-1977

1975 Chevrolet Laguna - Darrell Waltrip - raced 1973-1977

1976 Mercury Montego - David Pearson - raced 1968-1980

1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass - Neil Bonnett - raced 1974-1984

1978 AMC Matador - Bobby Allison - raced 1971-1978

1978 Chevrole Caprice - Benny Parsons - raced 1976-1979

1979 Dodge Magnum - Marty Robbins - raced 1978-1980

1980 Ford Thunderbird - Tommy Gale - raced 1977-1997

1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme - Buddy Baker - raced 1977-1980 - This is the infamour "Gray Ghost" that was so fast and Baker won the 1980 Daytona 500 in.  Drivers complained that with the silver color they couldn't see him when he came up behind them; so NASCAR had him add the orange pin stripes

1981 Dodge Mirada - Buddy Arrington - raced 1981-1985

1981 Buick Regal - Darrell Waltrip - raced 1981-1985

1983 Chrysler Imperial - Buddy Arrington - raced 1981-1985

1983 Pontiac Le Mans - Tim Richmond - raced 1980-1984

1986 Buick Le Saber - Greg Sacks - 1986-1987

1986 Oldsmobile Delta88 - Rick Wilson - raced 1986-1987

1987 Chevrolte Monte carlo - Darrell Waltrip - raced 1971-1988

1988 Buick regal - Bobby Allison - raced 1988-1991

1988 Ford Thunder Bird - Bill Elliott - raced 1977-1997

1989 Pontiac Grand Prix - Rusty Wallace - raced 1981-2004

1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass - Terry Labonte - raced 1985-1994

1992 Chevrolet Lumina - Ken Schrader - raced 1989-1994

2000 Ford Taurus - Chad Little
raced 1998-2005

2000 Chevrolet Monte carlo - Dale Earnhardt Sr
raced 1995-2007

2001 Dodge Intrepid - Buckshot Jones  
raced 2001-2004

2007 Dodge Avenger - Car of Tomorrow - Sterling Marlin raced 2007only

2007 Dodge Charger R/T - Car of Tomorrow - Sam Hornish raced 2008-2012

2007 Chevrolet Impala - Car of Tomorrow - Sterling Marlin raced 2007-2009

2007 Ford Fusion - Car of Tomorrow - Matt Kenseth
raced 2007-2009

2007 Toyota Camry - Car of Tomorrow - Brian Vickers raced 2007-2009

2012 Chevrolet Inpala - Ryan Newman
raced 2010-2012

2013 Chevrolet SS - Dale Earnhardt Jr
raced 2013-2017

2017 Ford Fusion - Ricky Stenhouse
raced 2006-2018

2017 Toyota Camry - Carl Edwards
raced 2007-present

2018 Chevy Camaro - Chase Elliott 
Auto makers started moving to "sportier" cars to race in NASCAR.  Chevy was the first - Ford would follow next

 

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